That was cute! Seriously though, loved Louie Bellson! And Oscar Peterson for that matter too! When I was in college, I attended the Wichita Jazz Festival in Wichita, KS one year (1978?) with our jazz band, and Louie and his band were the headliners along with Buddy Rich and his band. What a great show that was!!! Anyway, we had a small jazz combo that year also and had the opportunity to perform in front of Louie and a couple of his band members to be judged. I wish I still had a copy of that evaluation. He said nice things about my playing... but that very well could have been cause he was such a nice guy, cause honestly I was very much a beginner at that time. Anyway, it was super cool to get to play for him!

That was cute! Seriously though, loved Louie Bellson! And Oscar Peterson for that matter too! When I was in college, I attended the Wichita Jazz Festival in Wichita, KS one year (1978?) with our jazz band, and Louie and his band were the headliners along with Buddy Rich and his band. What a great show that was!!! Anyway, we had a small jazz combo that year also and had the opportunity to perform in front of Louie and a couple of his band members to be judged. I wish I still had a copy of that evaluation. He said nice things about my playing... but that very well could have been cause he was such a nice guy, cause honestly I was very much a beginner at that time. Anyway, it was super cool to get to play for him!

In my opinion, Louie Bellson was the most musical of the drumming giants of the past generation when compared to the other greats such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. Check out this clip of Louie with Oscar

That was cute! Seriously though, loved Louie Bellson! And Oscar Peterson for that matter too! When I was in college, I attended the Wichita Jazz Festival in Wichita, KS one year (1978?) with our jazz band, and Louie and his band were the headliners along with Buddy Rich and his band. What a great show that was!!! Anyway, we had a small jazz combo that year also and had the opportunity to perform in front of Louie and a couple of his band members to be judged. I wish I still had a copy of that evaluation. He said nice things about my playing... but that very well could have been cause he was such a nice guy, cause honestly I was very much a beginner at that time. Anyway, it was super cool to get to play for him!